Svavar Guðnason

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Svavar.
Svavar Guðnason
Born(1909-11-18)18 November 1909
Höfn í Hornafirði, Iceland
Died25 June 1988(1988-06-25) (aged 78)
Reykjavík, Iceland
Known foravant-garde painting
MovementCOBRA

Svavar Guðnason (18 November 1909 – 25 June 1988) was an Icelandic painter active in the avant-garde movement COBRA. He is considered one of the leading Icelandic twentieth-century abstract painters and his works can be found in major modern art museums in Europe and Scandinavia, for example in the Louisiana Museum in Denmark and the CoBrA Museum in the Netherlands.

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